THE WINE OF YAMANASHI

THE WINE OF YAMANASHIY, home of wine, grape, production, special product, grape picking, Honjo Old, tasting, Maruto Winery, Maruto Budoshu Industry, Koshu wine, domestic wine, grape shelf, barrel=Date:October 1, 1994, Place:Katsunuma-cho, Koshu-shi, Yamanashi,JAPAN

Koshu wine to make world debut in partnership with French chateau

Koshu wine to make world debut in partnership with French chateau

TOKYO, Japan - Yuji Aruga, president of Katsunuma Winery Co., stands in a vineyard in Koshu, Yamanashi Prefecture.

Koshu wine showing signs of boom

Koshu wine showing signs of boom

KATSUNUMA, Japan - Yuzo Aruga, president of Katsunuma Winery Co., draws wine, which was brewed in 2004, from a casket for checks at a winery at Katsunuma Winery Co. in the town of Katsunuma, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Jan. 9.

Wine matured in Palau's deep sea tasted in Yamanashi Pref.

Wine matured in Palau's deep sea tasted in Yamanashi Pref.

KATSUNUMA, JAPAN - Katsunuma Mayor Takehito Saegusa (L) in Yamanashi Prefecture tastes the Diana Mari 3000 wine made of Koshu grapes and matured in the deep sea off the Pacific island nation of Palau, where the wine was provided with the right temperature and no adverse effects from sunlight.

Koshu wine showing signs of boom

Koshu wine showing signs of boom

KATSUNUMA, Japan - Yuzo Aruga, president of Katsunuma Winery Co., draws wine, which was brewed in 2004, from a casket for checks at a winery at Katsunuma Winery Co. in the town of Katsunuma, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Jan. 9. (Kyodo)

Wine matured in Palau's deep sea tasted in Yamanashi Pref.

Wine matured in Palau's deep sea tasted in Yamanashi Pref.

KATSUNUMA, JAPAN - Katsunuma Mayor Takehito Saegusa (L) in Yamanashi Prefecture tastes the Diana Mari 3000 wine made of Koshu grapes and matured in the deep sea off the Pacific island nation of Palau, where the wine was provided with the right temperature and no adverse effects from sunlight. (Kyodo)